Mechanical and Instrumentation Technician M/F “Sample Environment”

The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)

Place of work
71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 GRENOBLE CEDEX 9, France
Contract type
full-time

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

Duties:
As a member of the ‘Services for Advanced Neutron Environment’ (SANE) team, you will join the staff in charge of sample environment equipment and, in particular, cryogenic systems. Working mostly in the laboratory and the experimental areas, you will be responsible for:

• the maintenance and repair of the equipment,
• the preparation of experiments in the laboratory,
• the design and production of any urgently needed mechanical parts,
• the development and testing of new equipment,
• the production of technical documentation (user manuals, etc.) and the conducting of occasional internal training sessions.

You may also be called upon to work with the instrument teams to ensure the smooth running of the experimental programme.

Employee perks, benefits

Notes:
Permanent contract.
Occasional periods of on-call duty.
Medical fitness for work under ionising radiation is required.

Benefits:
Generous company benefits (expatriation allowance), relocation assistance and language courses may be offered (for more information, please consult our employment conditions).

Information about the selection process

How to apply:
Please submit your application on-line, no later than 29.01.2017, via our web site: www.ill.eu/careers (vacancy reference: 16/49).

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)

Educational Specialization

R&D

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

Qualifications & experience:
You have an NVQ Level 3 or 4 or equivalent qualification (e.g. BTEC HND) in mechanical engineering or equivalent with some professional experience.
A sound mechanical knowledge and a real desire to acquire new technical skills is required (e.g. in brazing, TIG welding, industrial drawing….).
Knowledge and/or experience in cryogenics, high pressure/temperature and vacuum techniques (helium leak detection, etc.) would be an advantage.
You are a team player, you have good organisational skills and a service-oriented approach enabling you to work well with our international users and be receptive to their requirements.

Language skills:
As an international research centre, we are particularly keen to ensure that we also attract applicants from outside France. You must have a sound knowledge of English and be willing to learn French (a language course will be paid for by the ILL). Knowledge of German would be an advantage.

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Brief description of the company

Unique facilities and cutting-edge expertise
The Institut Laue-Langevin is an international research centre at the leading edge of neutron science and technology.

As the world’s flagship centre for neutron science, the ILL provides scientists with a very high flux of neutrons feeding some 40 state-of-the-art instruments, which are constantly being developed and upgraded.

As a service institute the ILL makes its facilities and expertise available to visiting scientists. Every year, some 1400 researchers from over 40 countries visit the ILL. More than 800 experiments selected by a scientific review committee are performed annually. Research focuses primarily on fundamental science in a variety of fields: condensed matter physics, chemistry, biology, nuclear physics and materials science, etc.

Whilst some are working on engine designs, fuels, plastics and household products, others are looking at biological processes at cellular and molecular level. Still others may be elucidating the physics that could contribute to the electronic devices of the future. ILL can specially tailor its neutron beams to probe the fundamental processes that help to explain how our universe came into being, why it looks the way it does today and how it can sustain life.
The ILL also collaborates closely and at different levels of confidentiality with the R&D departments of industrial enterprises.

All the scientists at the ILL - chemists, physicists, biologists, crystallographers, specialists in magnetism and nuclear physics - are also experts in neutron research and technology and their combined know-how is made available to the scientific community.



ILL is funded and managed by France, Germany and the United Kingdom, in partnership with 10 other countries.
ID: 2870011  Datum zveřejnění: 2.1.2017